Rumbo awoke several hours later, finding himsef somewhere else, a much darker and deeper setting. He could hear soft drips of rainwater falling from the rocky, cracked ceiling above his head. Some fell onto his forehead, reminding him of when he was crying before. He couldn't help it, things were becoming too unbearable. Some how he remembered this pace, like he had been there before and was seeking to go there. He then remembered, the mountain range.....



....Talec?



'You are awake I see.' came a voice from within the darkness of the mountain.

Rumbo sat up and looked into the darkness, already knowing who it was, 'How did you find me, Talec, I was many miles away from here...'

Talec emerged from the darkness, his body looked fragile and partially weak. He was silent.

Rumbo figured it out, 'You mean...'

'Yes...Time spoke to me...'

Rumbo looked saddened, 'When was the last time he...'

'Six years...'

'Oh, what did he say?'

'Told me to get you and bring you here...'

'And?'

'....'

'That was it?'

'Yup.'

'So how have you been, Talec.'

Talec ignored him, 'He also told me tht you have left Time.'

'....Yes I have.'

'Why Rumbo?'



Rumbo stood up and turned around, facing away from him, 'You remember the feeling of being trapped in one circle, going around and around?'

'Very well.' Talec replied.

'And when was that time in your life, Talec.'

At first he was silent, then he said, 'When it was the Guardian of Time.'

'....exactly....'

'Rumbo....'

Rumbo began to walk away, outside into the fresh open air. He sat out there and looked into the distance, standing there for the rest of the day. By the time it had become dark he as fast asleep. Talec had been watching him all of that time.